Making Film in Egypt How Labor, Technology, and Mediation Shape the Industry
- Submitting institution
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University of Cambridge
- Unit of assessment
- 25 - Area Studies
- Output identifier
- 9893
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- American University in Cairo Press
- ISBN
- 9789774169854
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This output is based on 21 months of ethnographic research in Cairo, among technicians and creative workers in the Egyptian film industry. The industry is a difficult space to access, which is why its workers and production practices have never been studied thoroughly, even though it is the largest and most influential film industry in the Arab world. The output comprises: a history of the industry, a description of its labour hierarchies and production operations, an account of its transition to digital technology, and an analysis of everyday film logistics, visualization, and audience anticipation, totalling about 105,000 words.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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